What are “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”?
War crimes are acts prohibited in either international or internal armed conflict for which a person may be held individually criminally responsible. The term includes both “grave breaches” of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and of Protocol I of 1977 and other serious violations of the laws and customs of war, committed in either international or non-international armed conflict. A non-exhaustive list of such acts is found in the 1998 Rome Statute for a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC). The Court will have jurisdiction over individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed after July 1, 2002, when its Statute comes into force.
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